| 100% | RICHARDWRIGHT | 13 | Mississippi novelist who was featured on a 2009 U.S. postage stamp (2 wds.) |
| 63% | WILLACATHER | 11 | "My Ántonia" novelist who was honored on a U.S. postage stamp in 1973 (2 wds.) |
| 62% | ERNESTJGAINES | 13 | "A Lesson Before Dying" novelist who is honored on a 2023 U.S. postage stamp (3 wds.) |
| 62% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | "Beloved" writer who is honored on a 2023 U.S. postage stamp (2 wds.) |
| 58% | WINSLOWHOMER | 12 | American artist whose painting "The Fog Warning" was featured on a U.S. postage stamp in 1998 (2 wds.) |
| 58% | GEORGIAOKEEFFE | 14 | American artist whose painting "Red Poppy, 1927" was featured on a U.S. postage stamp in 1996 (2 wds.) |
| 58% | TOMIEDEPAOLA | 12 | "Strega Nona" writer/illustrator writer who is honored on a 2023 U.S. postage stamp (2 wds.) |
| 56% | EDMONIALEWIS | 12 | African-American and Native American sculptor who is honored on a 2022 U.S. postage stamp (2 wds.) |
| 55% | EUGENIECLARK | 12 | Marine biologist known as the "Shark Lady" who is honored on a 2022 U.S. postage stamp (2 wds.) |
| 54% | NOAHWEBSTER | 11 | Lexicographer on a 1958 U.S. commemorative postage stamp who was a special agent for the U.S. Post Office (2 wds.) |
| 51% | DOROTHYPARKER | 13 | "A Star Is Born" co-screenwriter who was honored on a U.S. postage stamp in 1992 (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ERNESTJGAINES | 13 | "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" writer who is honored on a 2023 U.S. postage stamp (3 wds.) |
| 49% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" writer who was honored on a U.S. postage stamp in 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 48% | JAMESBEARD | 10 | Chef who specialized in American cooking who was commemorated on a 2014 U.S. stamp (2 wds.) |
| 48% | JULIACHILD | 10 | Chef who specialized in French cuisine who was commemorated on a 2014 U.S. stamp (2 wds.) |
| 48% | EDNALEWIS | 9 | Chef who specialized in Southern cooking who was commemorated on a 2014 U.S. stamp (2 wds.) |
| 47% | EDWARDHOPPER | 12 | American artist whose paintings "Nighthawks" and "Automat" were featured on U.S. postage stamps in 1998 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | JOYCECHEN | 9 | Chef who specialized in northern Chinese cuisine who was commemorated on a 2014 U.S. stamp (2 wds.) |
| 47% | BETTYFORD | 9 | 1970s US First Lady who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| 46% | TITO | 4 | Puente featured on a 2011 U.S. postage stamp |
| 45% | HARRIETTUBMAN | 13 | Abolitionist and political activist honored on a 2024 U.S. postage stamp (2 wds.) |
| 45% | JAMIEFOXX | 9 | "Django Unchained" actor who was a featured player on "In Living Color": 2 wds. |
| 44% | SAULBELLOW | 10 | "Herzog" author and Nobel Prize winner who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SAULBELLOW | 10 | Nobel Prize-winning writer honored on a 2024 U.S. postage stamp (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JIMCARREY | 9 | "The Truman Show" actor who was a featured player on "In Living Color": 2 wds. |
| 43% | MORRISON | 8 | Novelist Toni honored on a 2023 U.S. postage stamp |
| 43% | JOHNWOODEN | 10 | Basketball Hall of Fame coach honored on a 2024 U.S. postage stamp (2 wds.) |
| 42% | EMILYDICKINSON | 14 | "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" poet who appeared on an eight-cent postage stamp in 1971: 2 wds. |
| 41% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | 40th US president featured on postage stamps in both 2005 and 2011: 2 wds. |
| 41% | NATERUESS | 9 | Frontman of the band fun. who is featured on 15-/23-Across: 2 wds. |